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Posted on May 16th, 2013 by admin
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Posted on April 22nd, 2013 by admin
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American Airlines' new Boeing 777-300ER, getting ready for its first flight to Brazil (PHOTOS: Brad Loper, Dallas Morning News staff photographer)

Posted on February 3rd, 2013 by admin
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Boeing released this statement on Thursday afternoon:  Boeing welcomes the progress being made in the 787 investigation discussed today by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in Washington, D.C. The regulatory and investigative agencies in the U.S. and Japan have dedicated substantial resources to these investigations, and we appreciate their effort and leadership. Boeing continues […]

Posted on January 25th, 2013 by admin
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American Airlines Boeing 737-800  

Posted on January 23rd, 2013 by admin
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With the Boeing 787s grounded in the United States and throughout the world, a natural question for American Airlines chairman and CEO Tom Horton on Thursday was whether the aircraft’s problems might affect American’s order. Tom Horton

Posted on January 21st, 2013 by admin
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Boeing chairman, president and CEO Jim McNerney issued this statement Wednesday evening after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered a temporary grounding of all Boeing 787 aircraft:  ”The safety of passengers and crew members who fly aboard Boeing airplanes is our highest priority. “Boeing is committed to supporting the FAA and finding answers as quickly as […]

Posted on January 17th, 2013 by admin
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The Federal Aviation Administration will require $5 million in new inspections and repairs for Boeing 737s in response to a large hole in the roof of a Southwest Airlines jet as it few in 2009. The order calls for repetitive inspections for cracking in the top of the fuselage of 109 planes in the Boeing […]

Posted on January 1st, 2013 by admin
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When Southwest Airlines bought AirTran Airways, the smaller carrier brought with it a fleet of 88 airplanes, the Boeing 717, that was unlike the Boeing 737s that Southwest flies. Southwest with few exceptions has flown only variations of the Boeing 737, so eyebrows were raised when officials said they planned to keep AirTran’s 717s. “It’s […]

Posted on December 24th, 2012 by admin
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